The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has removed from its textbooks a controversial reference to the Nadar community.
The Board issued a circular, about section "4.1 about Caste Conflict and Dress Change under the theme 8 - Clothing: A Social History" given at page no 168 in the textbook -India and the Contemporary World-I for Class IX published by NCERT."
The Board said the portion in the textbook of Social Science for Class IX published by NCERT, stands omitted from the curriculum and no questions from this section should be asked in 2017.
This may be brought to the notice of all teachers and students in class IX, the CBSE circular said.
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